Legal Opinion

Short v. . Yelverton

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided September 5, 1897PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Civil action tried before Robinson, J., and a jury, on appeal from the judgment of a Justice of the Peace, at Fall Term of Wayne Superior Court. There was a verdict for the plaintiff and from the judgment thereon defendant appealed, assigning as error the admission of certain evidence referred to in the opinion of the Court.

1Opinion of the Court

This action was brought to recover the price of fertilizers which the plaintiff alleges he sold to the defendant and delivered to the defendant's tenants, as directed to do by the defendant. The defendant denied that he bought any fertilizer of plaintiff, or that he ever agreed to pay for fertilizers to be delivered to his tenants. The plaintiff testified that he sold the fertilizers to the defendant, to be delivered to his tenants (the Bentons) at the price of 325 pounds lint cotton per ton. The defendant introduced the Bentons as witnesses, both of whom testified that they bought the…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. Kelly v. ConnerTennessee Supreme Court · 1909
  2. Godfrey v. . Power Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1925
  3. Lewis v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1903
  4. Godfrey v. Western Carolina Power Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1925
  5. State v. . GallowaySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1924

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